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Inspired by a woman and events forgotten by history, bestselling author Susan Holloway Scott weaves together carefully researched fact and fiction to tell the story of Mary Emmons, and the place she held in the life--and the heart--of the notorious Aaron Burr.

Aaron Burr was a hero of the Revolution, a brilliant politician, lawyer, and nearly president; a survivor in a raw new country filled with constantly shifting loyalties. Sold into slavery as a child in India, Mary Emmons was brought to an America torn by war. She quickly gains... Read Full Overview

Eugenie Bearhani (1760-1835) was born in Calcutta, raised in Haiti, and brought as a servant-a free woman of color-to America by an English officer on the eve of the American Revolution. Yet none of that prepared Eugenie for her next employer: Colonel Aaron Burr, a man some... Read Full Overview

Eugenie Bearhani (1760-1835) was born in Calcutta, raised in Haiti, and brought as a servant-a free woman of color-to America by an English officer on the eve of the American Revolution. Yet none of that prepared Eugenie for her next employer: Colonel Aaron Burr, a man some... Read Full Overview

Eugenie Bearhani (1760-1835) was born in Calcutta, raised in Haiti, and brought as a servant-a free woman of color-to America by an English officer on the eve of the American Revolution. Yet none of that prepared Eugenie for her next employer: Colonel Aaron Burr, a man some... Read Full Overview